Abstract

Downie et al. identified some errors in my article challenging the safeguards that are in place in jurisdictions that have legalized euthanasia and assisted suicide [...]

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  • Downie et al clarify that, from the outset, the law allowing euthanasia was not limited to terminally ill people in the Netherlands, but rather dealt with people who experienced unremitting suffering

  • Palliative care services have improved in countries such as Belgium and the Netherlands since the legalization of euthanasia in those countries, the change should by no means be misconstrued as cause and effect

  • Legalizing euthanasia is not a prerequisite for improving palliative care services, and poor services should not be used as an argument to legalize euthanasia or assisted suicide

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Introduction

Downie et al clarify that, from the outset, the law allowing euthanasia was not limited to terminally ill people in the Netherlands, but rather dealt with people who experienced unremitting suffering. Palliative care has improved very significantly in several countries that have not legalized euthanasia or assisted suicide.

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